Headlines from September 22, 2009

Investigators link as many as a dozen suspects to an alleged Al Qaeda bomb plot on U.S. soil.
As the White House works to influence state elections, some Democrats are getting shade.
Why are you trying to ruin my life? What Obama might have said to Paterson on the tarmac.
Man defrauds banks of more than $290 million, bankrolls the good life, supports the Democratic party, donates to charity.
Government may soon ask healthy banks to bail out insurance fund to protect bank depositors, which is depleted due to bank failures.
Photos: Signs of contradiction; signs on signs.
At up to 600 pounds and 31 feet long, the Giant Pacific Octopus is aggressive, intelligent; makes for good sushi.
In my entire career, I've fallen off a house three times. Interview with a veteran chimney sweep.
Looking at 1947's smallpox crisis puts H1N1 in perspective.
My heart goes is going ba bump ba bump ba bump. Texas death row inmates' last words.
Danny Gregory's "Death Row Diaries": Part one, part two.
From China, profiles of a young man who struggled to succeed and a wealthy young man who killed him while street racing.
Czech Republic officials digging in their heels on the Lisbon treaty.
Antarctica's secret plumbing network could be contributing to rising sea levels.
Intricate toilet-paper-tube sculpture.
When one man's Warhols are stolen, all our Warhols are stolen. Announcing the Find the Warhols Project.
Profile of a Liberian newspaper produced on a blackboard.
Op: Interpreters are more important than weapons, but they're often mistreated and disrespected.
Just because getting high in Mexico is legal doesn't mean it's thrilling (especially when you buy weak mushrooms).
Benefits and dangers in using a country's nighttime lights as an indicator for economic growth.
Op: Television, both on the screen and behind the scenes, is reserved for white people.
Kindles could render fact-checkers (and their corrections) invisible; time will tell if this is a good or bad thing.
Audio: Ira Glass on why This American Life is going off TV.
Umberto Eco on the death and resurrection of good handwriting.
Story of the conception of Born to Run.